For a guy 'undeserving' of this job, Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday made all the right moves to beat the Las Vegas Raiders and give this season in Indianapolis a pulse, writes GreggDoyelStar.
When it was over – well, 47 seconds before it was over, technically – Colts interim coach Jeff Saturday was looking for the guy who could’ve felt a certain way about not getting this job. Saturday went looking for Gus Bradley, the Colts’ defensive coordinator, hugging him around the neck and getting a smile and hug in return after consecutive pass breakups in the end zone, by linebacker Bobby Okereke and cornerback Stephon Gilmore, denied the Raiders in the final minute.
“It’s a disgrace,” Cowher said, looking around with that jaw of his, daring someone to hit it. “And regardless of how this thing plays out, what happened in Indianapolis is a travesty.”Regardless of how this thing plays out? Is that where we’re setting the bar now? EVEN IF THIS WORKS … it’s not right!
Anyway, that was Parks Frazier before Sunday. Parks Frazier, now? Rising star. One of the MVP’s of this game. He called a brilliant game by not being brilliant at all. Frazier didn’t try to show anyone how smart he was, which Reich tended to do by lining up in an obvious running formation and throwing it, or spreading the field in an obvious pass formation and running it.
With Frazier calling plays, Matt Ryan had his best game of the season: 21-for-28 for 222 yards, one touchdown, no interceptions, no fumbles. Ryan even turned in the longest run of his career, a 39-yard gallop – think of a giraffe, galloping – two plays before the TD pass to Campbell. Saturday also managed the clock like a champ late in the first half as the Colts called timeouts when Las Vegas was driving for a touchdown, saving enough time – and one final timeout, to stop the clock – for Chase McLaughlin’s 48-yard field to end the half.
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